How to adjust Alexa's equaliser and sound controls on your Amazon Echo

(Pocket-lint) - Did you cognize Amazon offers equaliser and dependable controls for Alexa? That means you tin easy set however your Echo sounds with commands similar “Alexa, summation the bass.” It’s a large enactment that users had been clamoring for years - ever since Amazon archetypal launched Alexa alongside its Echo devices. Here's what you request to know, including however the diagnostic works.

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How bash Alexa's EQ and dependable controls work?

• Control bass, midrange, and treble
• Also power playback for environment, specified arsenic movie oregon night

Amazon's equaliser (EQ) and dependable mode controls for Alexa fto you personalise the code of the audio playing connected your Echo speakers, arsenic good arsenic immoderate connected AV receivers and soundbars. They impact 3 bands (defining audio frequence ranges): Bass, midrange, and treble.

You tin notation to the bands by sanction to fortify oregon weaken low-to-high audio frequencies, arsenic good arsenic Modes (equaliser presets for playback), specified arsenic movie, music, oregon night, truthful you tin fine-tune playback of a benignant of euphony oregon environment.

For method details, see Amazon's merchandise here.

Which commands set Alexa's EQ and sound?

It's arsenic casual arsenic saying, "Alexa, crook [up/down] the [bass/treble/midrange]" oregon "Alexa, acceptable the [bass/treble/midrange] to [-6 to 6]."

Here's a fewer examples of what you tin say:

• “Alexa, summation bass.”
• "Alexa, summation bass successful surviving room."
• “Alexa, acceptable movie mode.”
• "Alexa, acceptable nighttime mode connected chamber TV."
• "Alexa, acceptable bass to 3 connected dependable bar.”
• “Alexa, alteration treble."

How to crook connected Alexa's EQ and dependable controls

No request to activate them; they've automatically rolled retired to each users. Just usage 1 of the dependable commands supra to get started.

Can you usage the Alexa app to set EQ and sound?

Yes. You tin usage the Amazon Alexa app connected iOS oregon Android to set the bass, treble, oregon midrange for your Echo devices.

1. Open the Alexa app.
2. Go to Devices.
3. Select Echo & Alexa, and past prime your device.
4. Select Audio Controls and usage the sliders to negociate your settings.

Which devices enactment Alexa's EQ and dependable controls?

• Amazon Echo devices
• Select Alexa-enabled devices

The caller EQ features are for devices from the Amazon Echo household of devices.  They're besides supported connected prime Alexa-enabled devices that usage the Alexa Voice Service. For instance, Sonos incorporated mode power into the Sonos Beam.

Can you reset Alexa's EQ and sound?

If you don't similar however you've adjusted Alexa's EQ and dependable and privation to revert it back, simply say: "Alexa, reset the equaliser."

Want to cognize more?

Check retired Amazon's help hub for Music with Alexa.

Writing by Maggie Tillman. Originally published connected 23 July 2018.